Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Outside the study in the backyard of the Censorate.

When Gu Chan came over, Bai Jingtian and the other two were standing at the door with anxious looks on their faces.

Seeing her coming, Yan Xishan angrily pointed at her and yelled, "Gu Chan, you came to laugh at us, right?"

"Get out, we don't want to see you now." Guo Huai said angrily.

Gu Chanli ignored them and just walked to Bai Jingtian and asked, "What's wrong?"

"After the second prince came back, he locked himself in the study and refused to come out. No one knows what he was doing in there." Bai Jingtian said bitterly.

"You've suffered a blow, so it must be painful." Gu Chan said with his hands spread out.

A man who cares so much about his reputation as Xuanyuan Lie not only made a fool of himself by the river today, but he also failed to rescue several of his beloved subordinates. It would be strange if he is not autistic now!

Gu Chan didn't say anything more to Bai Jingtian. She immediately walked to the door of the study, knocked on it and said, "Second Prince, can I come in and talk to you? The general asked me to bring you a letter. This letter is from the emperor to him."

"Come in." Xuanyuan Lie's voice immediately sounded from inside.

Gu Chan quickly pushed the door open and walked in, then closed it behind her.

At this time in the study, Xuanyuan Lie was sitting on the ground with disheveled hair, as if he had suffered a huge blow. He looked miserable. Not only that, he was holding a pot of wine in his hand and was pouring it into his mouth continuously.

Gu Chan sighed inwardly after seeing this, walked silently to him, sat cross-legged, took out the secret letter and handed it to him.

Xuanyuan Lie put down the wine jug in his hand, took the secret letter with trembling hands, then opened the envelope, took out the letter inside and started reading.

"Hahaha……"

As he watched, he suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth to laugh, as scary as if he had gone mad.

Gu Chan was so scared that she quickly stood up and walked to the door on her hind legs, putting some distance between her and him.

Xuanyuan Lie laughed wildly and said, "Father, oh father, it turns out that you are the one who secretly controls all of this. Now you are planning to give up on me completely, right? No wonder when the crown prince forced me in Kyoto, you just sat there and did nothing, allowing him to force me to Jiangnan. You are really cruel! They say that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but you are different."

"Second Prince, calm down! It's just a secret letter. Why are you doing this?" Gu Chan waved her hand and persuaded him hurriedly.

However, just as she finished her words, a scene that shocked her greatly happened.

Xuanyuan Lie's body suddenly trembled, his face froze, and then he opened his mouth suddenly, and a mouthful of black blood suddenly spurted out of his mouth.

"Oh my God! Come in quickly, something has happened to the second prince." Gu Chan shouted quickly and opened the door.

Bai Jingtian and the other two who were standing outside rushed in quickly and ran up to support him.

Yan Xishan glared at Gu Chan and said, "Gu Chan, you dare to kill the master. I want you dead."

"It has nothing to do with... him..." Xuanyuan Lie said with a pale face.

Yan Xishan was stunned for a moment.

Guo Huai reached out and snatched the secret letter from Xuanyuan Lie's hand, then lowered his head and read it carefully.

But as soon as he saw this, his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Yan Xishan hurriedly asked, "Mr. Guo, what's wrong with you?"

"It's over. The emperor has given up on the second prince. If he can get Nanxing Kuang's support during his visit to Jiangnan this time, he can unify Jiangnan. But if he can't get Nanxing Kuang's support, the emperor will give up on him completely and let him fend for himself!" Guo Huai said with a serious face.

Yan Xishan opened his eyes wide, shocked beyond words.

What Guo Huai said was rather general, but to put it another way, Xuanyuan Lie has now been completely abandoned by the old emperor, and even if the prince wants to kill him in the future, the old emperor will not care at all.

Once Xuanyuan Lie is finished, all the members of the Second Prince’s party in the Jiangnan area will be finished with him!

Bai Jingtian didn't care about that. He was just worried about his master's health. He shouted to Gu Chan anxiously, "Don't just stand there. Come and help him. What's wrong?"

"He has been poisoned, and it's a highly toxic poison. If it had been discovered earlier, I would have been able to control the spread of the toxin in his body. But now the toxin has already invaded his entire body. How can I save him?" Gu Chan said helplessly.

Bai Jingtian was startled when he heard this, and quickly bent down to pick up the wine jug that had fallen on the ground, opened it, and put the wine inside to his nose and sniffed it.

"Master, why are you doing this? This is the highly poisonous Heartbreak Powder from Kyoto. You carried it with you for self-defense when you left Kyoto. How could you mix it into wine and drink it?" Bai Jingtian said crying.

"puff!"

Xuanyuan Lie opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of black blood. His body could no longer support itself and he slowly fell to the ground.

Bai Jingtian knelt on the ground, held him in his arms, and looked at him with tears streaming down his face, feeling extremely sad.

Xuanyuan Lie said with his last breath, "The prince did not kill me in Kyoto, but forced me to Jiangnan. My father also left some secret letters to Nanxing Kuang and asked him to give them to me. It is obvious that they all want to leave me a decent death. Although I guessed it at the beginning, I still refused to admit it and wanted to make a final struggle."

"Pfft... What a pity... The time is not on my side... Luck is not on my side..."

After saying this last sentence, Xuanyuan Lie finally closed his eyes and died.

"master……"

Bai Jingtian screamed loudly, tears streaming down his face.

Yan Xishan and Guo Huai collapsed to the side, looking at the scene in disbelief for a long time.

The key point is that all this happened too suddenly, and they were not mentally prepared at all. Now that the Second Prince is gone, what will happen to the Second Prince's followers in Jiangnan?

If the prince wants to eliminate them, then the final outcome that awaits them will surely be death!

Gu Chan stood at the door, completely stunned. "Is this... the so-called struggle for imperial power? It turns out that being born into the royal family means that fate is so cruel. Even your own life is not your own decision!"

"Gu Chan, our fate from now on depends on you." At this time, Bai Jingtian suddenly propped himself up, walked to Gu Chan, knelt down and said.

Gu Chan was dumbfounded and said, "Are you too sad? You are talking nonsense again!"

"No, I am very clear-headed. Now that our master is dead, the Crown Prince will certainly eliminate all of the Second Prince's followers in the Jiangnan area. And right now, I can't think of anyone except you who can save all of us." Bai Jingtian wiped away his tears and said in a firm tone.

"I don't have such ability, so don't compliment me. Besides, the royal family is so scary, I don't want to get involved with it." Gu Chan waved her hands and said.

Even a prince-level figure like Xuanyuan Lie was forced to commit suicide by taking poison because of a letter, let alone her.

And to put it bluntly, she is just a woman, how could she have such great ability to save all the Second Prince's followers in Jiangnan? At this moment, if she said that she was not afraid, it would be a lie.